RYAN ON TWITTER. Brookings. “Recent revelations about the creative use of social media illustrate how the parties and outside groups are anything but ‘independent’ in any meaningful sense of the word and are pushing the boundaries of the FEC’s weak ‘coordination’ rules.” JACKSON DECIDES. FEC. “The United States District Court for the District of Columbia […]
CRAIG APPEALS. Magicvalley.com. “Former U.S Sen. Larry Craig is appealing a D.C. judge’s ruling that he broke the law by using campaign funds to cover legal fees after his 2007 arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting.” DEPARTING SHOT. The Hill. “Begich introduced legislation Thursday that would add super-PACs and other outside groups to the […]
READY FOR ANY DAY NOW. USAT. “The group supporting a potential presidential run by Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to fold up shop and hand over its list of supporters to the Clinton campaign – if only Clinton will give the word.” ELECTION LAW NEWS. Wiley Rein. MAYDAY TRANSPARENCY. WFB. “Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig […]